Posts by Matthew 25

Global warming much less serious than thought - new science

Computer says no.

EU: Apple-Samsung row could be stifling competition

About time too.

Apple's cloud music service 'WIPES your iPHONE'

I'm sorry dave...

... I'm afraid I can't play that

Threesome ends in arrest as wife struck by pair of TVs

icon says it all

Prince Harry given free run of Arizona town's womenfolk

"the best pizza to eat in the world" as opposed to pizza for surfing on?

Ginormous sunspot spews solar guts towards Earth

X1.9

I thought that was an old Fiat

Shock movie upset - Daniel Craig still James Bond 007

I agree! It could very well have been haddock!

UK.gov threatens to 'pull plug' on smart meter rollout

Question

How much energy does a smart meter use compared to a 'dumb' meter?

PC shortages 'inevitable' says Gartner

Remember

A PC is for life not just for Christmas.

Intel, MS destined to remain tablet underdogs

Depends what we end up calling a tablet

Once Win 8 hits the shelves OEMs will build touch into their laptops and desktops (some do already). I think that this will drive Win-8 installation on sub-notebook size touch enabled computers either with or without keyboard. That's pretty much the definition of a tablet now. What about a touch enabled 22" machine with no keyboard? Or 40"? Is that a tablet too? I think it may be.

So if I have this thing on my desk (at home or at work) and it does what I want it to do, and I am very familiar with it, then why would I want someone else's way of doing the same thing at home or on the bus or on a 'plane?

Microsoft's desktop domination my just be the shoe in needed to gt them right into the tablet market. Look what happened with netbooks...

Where am I going tomorrow? My electric car charger wants to know

Good Idea

Only problem is the size of the batteries needed to move 1.5 ton of car, 4 people and luggage more than about 10 miles, and play cds, run the air con, instruments etc...

Err..??

You seem to have missed the point. If it starts day 1 with 100 miles of energy and you do 22 miles per day then it won't charge until day 4 evening and then only enough to do the 22 miles you planed on for day 5. If you need to do another 10 miles (take kiddie to A&E) then tough cheese.

Stallman: Jobs exerted 'malign influence' on computing

Because you only buy a license to use it. If you read the ELUA thats all you got. oh and if by the way it fails to work or junks all your data that's just too bad.

Shouldn't that be Stallman++

Samsung seeks bans on the iPhone 4S

Yes. This could end up as a war of mutual banning. You won't be able to buy a Samsung product because it has round corners and you won't be able to buy an Apple product because it uses 3G.

RIM / Microsoft end up as winners in this case.

Chrome browser 'is becoming Number Two'

Chrome browser 'is becoming Number Two'

It always was.

Amazon to whup Apple rivals when Kindle Fire hits UK

Amazon will claim its because they have to change the language for non USA products. So, I recommend everyone in the UK who buys one of these send it straight back if it doesn't do 'British' English.

GNOME emits 'head up the arse' desktop update

"It might have been just a driver issue. "

I think this is exactly the point he was making. He doesn't have to mess about with drivers - it just works.

Electric cars: too pricey until 2030 (or later)

Good Id

Yes, or something like a dodgem where power is drawn directly from the grid.

What about

This may be true but there are plenty of small greenish petrol and diesel cars out there which also pay no congestion charge e.g. Fiat 500 twin air. Or you could just get a whopping great Lexus hybrid and pay no congestion charge.

UK too soon

We'll have something similar soon in the UK. The gov't is forcing us to insure all cars that are not declared SORN (Statutory Off Road Notice). You may have a classic you only use in the Summer but under the new regulations you'll have to keep it insured even when its in your garage for 6 months.

Domino's to serve pizzas on the Moon, apparently

September is the wrong month

April Fool!

Googlola's closed source Android temptation

Interesting article

Just a thought. If Android became so tightly integrated with Motorola that it became effectively a closed platform, do you think that the HTCs and Samsungs etc would create more WP7 (WP8?) devices? Considering that WebOS has just been er... suspended and Android has question marks about the Google takeover of Moto and the possibility of being terminated by Oracle, Microsoft could end up as the real winner in this as the only viable alternative to iOS.

Another alternative could do quite well.

Better ATM skimming through thermal imaging

Or

Keep your money in your mattress.

To change thermal signature

hold the key down. Or you could always whip out a tin of freezer spray and give the keyboard a good dowsing :P

BMW intros revamped Mini as sporty MG-alike

Depends

The Golf GTi seems fairly comparable on 0-60 and top speed.

http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/#/new/golf-gti-vi/which-model/engines/top-speed/

Peugeot iOn e-car

Meh

Until battery cars become as flexible as fossil fueled ones they will remain a niche product.

1. it only does 55 miles flat out.

2. it takes 7 hours to recharge. Even the quick charge is 4.5 hours

3. 380v three phase does not currently exist as a distributed voltage in the UK

(UK mains is 415v three phase. However because of the risk associated with this high voltage you only get a single phase to your house giving you the 240v we all know and love)

Why spend silly money installing infrastructure for battery cars when the same silly money could be spent on infrastructure for hydrogen fuel cell cars. Hydrogen fuel cell also has zero emissions at point of use because it is electric. The difference is that you fill up and go (for about 250 miles) then just fill up again. Sound familiar?

BP world energy review: Chinese coal drives up CO₂

Great!

Good to see the world has embraced renewable.

Blu-ray sales to overtake DVD... next year

Call me a luddite

I just don't get blue ray for films. Most people either cant tell the difference between SD and HD or are just too far away from their telly for it to make a difference. Why bother?

P.S. Since you're SteveBalmer you really shouldn't diss the eggsbox in public.

Win8: A beginner's guide to FondleWindows

Not for me ta!

I don't like touch screens (miss the physical keyboard I had on my blackberry) so won't be interested in this.

Can you imagine trying to write code on a touch screen?

Apple to support reps: Don't confirm Mac infections

You forgot

They only provide the free fix for a limited time.

Urm..

You mean that well knowm Windows program Finder.

Coalition signs up to passenger info slurp

Promises promises

I remember a certain Mr Cameron promising a referendum on any further powers given to Europe.

Windows phones send user location to Microsoft

Google maps

not yet

except

when its switched off

Shifty scripts on Santander site prompt security fears

The title

All 3rd party scripts understood,

All customer data secure,

All pigs fed and ready to fly

Nissan Leaf electric car

@handle

You can make diesel from coal. Its actually much lower sulfur than diesel from oil.

Erm..

Hydrogen fuel cells anyone?

Range and charge time similar to I.C.E.

Pollution at point of use 0

Croatian brainboxes deploy calculus-based CAPTCHA

What is x?

x are what I have with bacon.

Wales calls on ICANN to unleash .cymru

Speaking in tounges

Actually if .wales is .cymru then .cornwall should be .kernow . Its cornish you see.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mebyon_Kernow for those who can be bothered

Euro court slaps down insurers over gender risks

Why?

It wasn't broken so why try to fix it. All this means is that consumers will lose out and insurance companies will make more money! Thank you once again Europe.

Google Cloud Connect: The limits of a Microsoft makeover

And the moral of the story

If you are using Microsoft stick with Microsoft. if you're not don't.

Countries where Facebook is not, yet, king

How I wish

That the UK was red on this map.

India backs off RIM, starts on local operators

Why not

Why not provide the govt with the encrypted emails - still encrypted. It won't do them any good but at least you have provided what was requested.

Rhapsody bristles at Apple subscription grab

Tiered pricing

Why not sell price stuff sold through apple at 30% more than if sold through other channels. Fanbois are used to paying the Apple tax.

Who are the biggest electric car liars - the BBC, or Tesla Motors?

FCX Clarity anyone?

"So the only option for long distance and electric comuting is the Plug-in-Hybrid, but where can I buy one? - Oh I can't. (both the Prius and Ampera due for 2012)"

No. Hydrogen fuel cell cars like the FCX Clarity are EVs that you can just fill up when they run out of juice.

http://automobiles.honda.com/fcx-clarity/

Rogue TV satellite brought to heel after auto reboot

Prescient

" but in April this year "

Either you are prescient or just a little behind the times.

Mass mind control artist condemns El Reg to obscurity

@Andy Long 1

Yes but there are millions of them and they all want Sarah Palin to be president. It's scary.

Horror AVG update ballsup bricks Windows 7

Desktop Windows 7

"Desktop versions of Windows 7 seem particularly prone to the bug."

Aren't all versions of Windows 7 for the desktop then?

iOS upgrade cocks up iPad USB connections

don't

have one. never going to get one. just keep laughing at the fanbois defending the indefencibe because its his mighty Steveness. </giggle>